The Vermont Statutes Online

Subchapter
003
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TOWN MEETING - AMENDMENT OF CHARTER

(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 117, § 305)

§
117-305. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting

(a) Subject to
the provisions of section 304 of this Charter, voters of the Town may at any
time petition in the same manner as in section 304 for the enactment of any
proposed lawful ordinance by filing the petition, including the text of the
ordinance, with the Town Clerk. The selectmen shall call a special Town meeting
(or include the ordinance as annual meeting business) to be held within 60 days
of the date of the filing, unless prior to the meeting the ordinance shall be
enacted by the selectmen. The warning for the meeting shall state the proposed
ordinance in full or in concise summary and shall provide for an Australian
ballot vote as to its enactment. The ordinance shall take effect on the 10th
day after the conclusion of the meeting provided that voters as qualified in
section 304, constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted
in the affirmative.

(b) The
proposed ordinance shall be examined by the Town Attorney before being
submitted to the special Town meeting. The Town Attorney is authorized subject
to the approval of the selectmen, to correct the ordinance so as to avoid
repetitions, illegalities, and unconstitutional provisions and to ensure
accuracy in its text and references and clearness and preciseness in its
phraseology, but the Town Attorney shall not materially change its meaning and
effect.

(c) The
provisions of this section shall not apply to any appointments of officers,
members of commissions, or boards made by the selectmen or to the appointment
or designation of selectmen, or to rules governing the procedure of the
selectmen.